The Town of Old Lyme is planning to conduct a survey of historic properties in the town after receiving a grant of $30,000 from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) to support the project.
The Request for Proposals for the project was issued in June of this year and can be viewed at this link. Old Lyme Selectwoman Mary Jo Nosal confirmed yesterday that only one application was received in response to the proposal.
A meeting will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6, at Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall to introduce and discuss the project, at which a SHPO representative will be present.
The board of selectmen first discussed the possibility of undertaking the survey at a Special Meeting held in November 2016. The issue had been raised by the Old Lyme Historic District Commission, which had made a motion requesting a study of historic properties in the town. At that time, the board of selectmen did not move forward on the issue.
Read our article published Nov. 21, 2016 about that Special Meeting at this link.